Housing and Benefits
Housing
The School offers assistance with housing needs through the Off Campus Housing Assistance Program (OCHAP) office. The office is a centralized referral and resource center, which provide residents with the following tools to assist in housing searches:
- A knowledgeable and dedicated staff
- Lists of realtors and landlords
- Orientation materials on NYC neighborhoods and market information
- Apartment, roommate and sublet listings
- Computer terminals with access to the NYU housing database providing reduced fee or no fee apartment listings (limitations apply)
- Information on additional benefits that may be available
Visit the OCHAP online.
Salaries
Salaries for the 2007-2008 academic year are approximately the following:
| PGY-1 | $52,800 |
| PGY-2 | $54,900 |
| PGY-3 | $59,400 |
| PGY-4 | $61,000 |
Benefits
Residents are paid through Bellevue and NYU, shifting payroll locations every year. Benefits for each institution differ slightly though both the hospitals provide full medical and dental benefits. Further details regarding the benefits will be available during orientation.
Vacation
Residents are entitled to four weeks paid vacation per annum. Such vacation shall be taken at a time in agreement with the provisions of the vacation policy of the Residency Training Program and the annual rotation schedule.
Leave
Residents are entitled to medical, family, personal and educational leaves. A leave of absence may be granted for up to one year. Conditions, such as appropriate medical clearance, must be met before the resident can return. In addition, at the time leave is granted, the Residency Training Program Director will establish a deadline by which the resident must request termination of the leave for a place to be held in the appropriate class.
Professional Liability Insurance
Residents shall be provided with professional liability insurance coverage for the duration of training. Such coverage shall provide legal defense and protection against from claims reported or filed after the completion of the Residency Training Program. Such insurance coverage does not extend to outside employment.
Medical and Disability Insurance
Medical and disability insurance benefits will be made available to the Resident in accordance with the employee benefits of NYU Hospitals Center or Bellevue Hospital Center depending on which institution has the Resident on its payroll at the time. The medical and disability insurance benefits are described in the new employee orientation materials of each hospital.
Laundry
Lab coats and scrubs are supplied and laundered by the hospitals.
Educational Services
The Medical Center has extensive resources for the enhancement of graduate education. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has kept pace with the advancement in modern technology and provides state-of- the-art computer facilities for use by its resident staff. These facilities include bibliographic search, word-processing, database software, image scanners and slide production products designed to increase the efficiency of the resident. In addition, NYU School of Medicine's Ehrman Medical Library contains up-to-date collections of journals and texts. Computers and online access are provided to residents in the conference/work rooms at each hospital.
